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Originally Posted by Davy Fireskull
tayseth, it really depends on your point of view, playing style, etc. Its hard to say if one is actually BETTER than the other, but they could be different. Maybe one is better for a certain playing style, but you can't really just say BETTER. Sorry if that didn't make much sense. In a rush to get going here, so I may edit and add on later....
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Well no, there really isn't much of a contest.
1/ POTCO is p2p. Yes, there is almost 1 percent you can do as a basic, but thats it. POTBS is COMPLETELY free. Yes, there is an option to pay, but that just gives random benefits that you can actually buy with doubloons anyway. Seeing how well built POTBS is, that's extremely generous.
2. POTBS has a huge arsenal of ships, most unique and full of polygons, along with textures that are high quality.
3. I'm able to run POTBS smoothly with no server turbulence at all. The same cannot be said for POTCO, which is rather ironic.
4. POTBS has a challenging PVP system. For SVS, it's not a "See how many shots you can get in with a Light Sloop with 2 fury gunners as you take down ships 9000 times your size" deal. PVP take skill, tactics, and preperation. You need to tactically decide what you're going to do to make life miserable for your oppenent, whether it be taking down their sails to attempt boarding or an easy kill, aiming for crew to create large debuffs, or simply take out their armor.
Swashbuckling is also improved. It's not a "Fidget to the left and right, quick canceling between weapons and bombarding your enemy with exploited glitches and then claim that you're not exploiting because that would put your cool guy persona in peril" deal. POTBS is a different game, and you can't exploit in an RPG. It's all fair.
The only problem with POTBS's pvp is lowbie ganking.
5. Quests are much better. They are not the "Kill 20 *insert ship here*" deal. They all try to do something different, something clever to show the power of their game engine. Disney has tried to do this with the Raven's Cove quests but that was rather short. Almost all the quests in POTBS try someting new, and believe me, there are a lot of quests.
6. You can play as 4 factions, all with unique ships and skills.
7. You can shoot people, you can drink rum, you can ransom people, you can capture and strip down a derelict ship for supplies. POTBS certainly feels more like a pirate game.
8. POTBS has better graphics. And when I mean better, I MEAN EXTREMELY GOOD graphics. Some of the best graphics, if not THE best for a free game.
9. Very few glitches, if not any. The developers who work at FLS would faint if they saw pirates just floating in midair everywhere you go. If there is a glitch, they'll fix it within a day, if not less of a time.
10. You won't get banned for using an emote, nor do you have to worry if using an emote will get it removed.